Paul Groves is a British poet and critic whose work has appeared in many literary periodicals and has won several prizes since he was first published in 1968. He was for twenty years a schoolteacher, after which he spent two decades as a Creative Writing lecturer. He has given countless readings, both live and on television and radio. He was born in

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...

in 1947, lived in the

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, and currently resides in Somerset.

Publications

* ''Academe'' (Seren, 1988) * ''Ménage à Trois'' (Seren, 1995) * ''Eros and Thanatos'' (Seren, 1999) * ''Wowsers'' (Seren, 2002) * ''Country Boy'' (Starborn Books, 2007) * ''Qwerty'' (Seren, 2008) Charles Bainbridge (30 August 2008
"Qwerty"
''The Guardian''.

Awards and recognition

* Eric Gregory Award from The Society of Authors * Twice winner of The Times Literary Supplement International Poetry Prize

External links

Paul Groves at Seren Books

References

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